Ticket prices soar for Seahawks, 49ers NFC title game

Seahawks and 49ers fans might want to take up prospecting for gold this week, because tickets for Sunday’s NFC championship game in Seattle are selling for a small fortune.

According to Razorgator and SeatGeek, the average resale ticket prices ranged from $711 to $736, making it one of the most sought-after NFL games outside of the Super Bowl. Tickets on the high end of the spectrum are available for over $3,500, while upper-level end-zone seats cost a mere $400 or so.

[Editor’s note: SeatGeek is a third-party vendor used on seattlepi.com.]

The Seahawks offered a limited number of tickets for sale at 10 a.m. Monday through the team’s website and Ticketmaster, but infuriated 49ers fans by limiting ticket sales to fans with billing addresses in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Alaska, Hawaii, British Columbia or Alberta. The team posted an update at 10:43 a.m. with the message that all of the tickets had been sold.

Fans hoping for a Super Bowl berth may want to check their budgets before booking their plane tickets. But don’t tell that to Niners and Broncos fans, many of whom are already searching for airfare, according to Priceline.com. If they do make it out to New York for the big game, they’ll need to lay down an estimated $3,800 per ticket.